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Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
BBC Radio 4
29 episodes
9 months ago

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

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Personal Journals
Society & Culture
Episodes (20/29)
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Hugh Lloyd

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Lloyd.

Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Anthology by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials

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60 years ago
21 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Mary Stocks

Roy Plomley's castaway is teacher and social worker Mary Stocks.

Favourite track: In Tears of Grief (from St Matthew Passion), Final Chorus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Collected novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Radio receiver

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60 years ago
23 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Ginette Spanier

Roy Plomley's castaway is fashion house director Ginette Spanier.

Favourite track: You're Sensational by Frank Sinatra Book: Notebook and pencil Luxury: Silver box

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60 years ago
22 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
George Baker

Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone George Baker.

Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: His favourite works by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials

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60 years ago
27 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Arthur Fiedler

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler.

Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Binoculars

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60 years ago
26 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Owen Brannigan

Roy Plomley's castaway is bass Owen Brannigan.

Favourite track: Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten Book: The collected works by G.K. Chesterton Luxury: Trombone

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60 years ago
25 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Marlene Dietrich

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Marlene Dietrich.

Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: The Telegram by Konstantin Paustovsky and A Story of Life by Konstantin Paustovsky Luxury: Mementoes box

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60 years ago
19 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Jack de Manio

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Jack de Manio.

Favourite track: The Faithful Hussar by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Scented soap

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60 years ago
21 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Tallulah Bankhead

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead.

Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John

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60 years ago
23 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Reverend W Awdry

Roy Plomley's castaway is the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine Reverend W Awdry.

Favourite track: Baal, We Cry to Thee by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Luxury: Writing materials

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61 years ago
29 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Dirk Bogarde

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Dirk Bogarde.

Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells

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61 years ago
22 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Kenneth Connor

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Kenneth Connor.

Favourite track: Little Bit This, Little Bit That by Jimmy Durante Book: Margin Released by J B Priestley Luxury: Guitar

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61 years ago
21 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Paul Tortelier

Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Paul Tortelier.

Favourite track: Er, der Herrlichste von Allen from Frauenliebe und Leben by Robert Schumann Book: La Petite chronique d'Anna Magdalena Bach by Esther Meynell Luxury: Bicycle and cider

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61 years ago
21 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Richard Wattis

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Wattis.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Life of Disraeli by André Maurois Luxury: Bed

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61 years ago
19 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
David Jacobs

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Jacobs.

Favourite track: God Be in My Head by Temple Church Choir Book: A Hundred-and-One Things a Girl Can Do Luxury: Piano and family photographs

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61 years ago
19 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Sir Miles Thomas

Roy Plomley's castaway is industrialist Sir Miles Thomas.

Favourite track: Noel Coward Fantasy by Melachrino Orchestra Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Toothpaste

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61 years ago
20 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Wilfrid Brambell

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Wilfrid Brambell.

Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach/Hess Book: Dictionary Luxury: Scotch whisky and lager

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61 years ago
18 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Nicolai Poliakoff

Roy Plomley's castaway is Coco the Clown - Nicolai Poliakoff.

Favourite track: Black Eyes by Balalaika Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Writing materials

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61 years ago
23 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Gordon Pirie

Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Gordon Pirie.

Favourite track: The Very Thought of You by Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra Book: Gray's Anatomy Luxury: Motor car

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62 years ago
22 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965
Sir Charles MacLean

Roy Plomley's castaway is Chief Scout Sir Charles MacLean.

Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in F Minor (Toccata) by Charles Marie Widor Book: Volumes of The Illustrated London News Luxury: Piano

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62 years ago
23 minutes

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1961-1965

Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island